Google Moves Onto Microsoft's Turf in Business Software — SAN FRANCISCO — It has taken years, but Google seems to be cutting into Microsoft's stronghold — businesses. — Google's software for businesses, Google Apps, consists of applications for document writing, collaboration …

Startups Adjust to Web's Down Cycle — Prominent venture capitalist John Doerr coined the phrase “SoLoMo” in 2010 to describe how three technology trends—social, local and mobile—were fueling a new Internet boom. — But now that Facebook Inc., Zynga Inc. and Groupon Inc. have fizzled …

Apple vs. Google vs. Facebook vs. Amazon — The Lines Between Software and Hardware Continue to Blur — Four big technology fiefs—Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. —have been creeping into each other's turf for years. In 2013, their war is set to escalate around two fronts: hardware and search.

China Says It Now Has 1.104B Mobile Users, While Mobile Communications Revenue Totaled $116.26B Over First 11 Months of 2012 — Statistics released yesterday (link via Google Translate) by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) say that as of the end of November 2012 …